Guide to knives

All of our knives come with a leather sheath.

The Nielsen KnifeThis is our most popular knife! It is a very sharp, durable, double hollow ground wedge-type razor knife made of highest quality steel that holds its edge well. For personalizing this knife, choose your own handle size! We offer small, medium or large wooden handles.

Wedge Knife with ebony handleA very sharp, durable double hollow ground wedge-type knife made of highest quality steel that holds its edge well. This is the same blade as the Nielsen Knife, offered with a beautiful ebony handle.

Beveled Knife This high-quality steel knife is completely flat on one side of the blade, with an angled surface on the other side. Preferred by bassoonists, and used by oboists for scraping the bark off. For personalizing this knife, choose your own handle size! We offer small, medium or large wooden handles.

Beveled Knife with ebony handleThis uses the same blade as our regular beveled knife, with the option of a beautiful ebony handle.

Contoured KnifeThis high-quality steel knife is similar to the beveled knife, but the back of the blade has a slight contour to it rather than being completely flat. The serves to reduce the amount of metal that must be removed when the blade is sharpened. Many bassoon players prefer this style of knife. For personalizing this knife, choose your own handle size! We offer small, medium or large wooden handles.

Contoured Knife with ebony handle This uses the same blade as our regular contoured knife, with the option of a beautiful ebony handle.